On Feb 11, 2008 10:12 PM, David Jencks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Feb 11, 2008, at 3:14 AM, Shiva Kumar H R wrote: > > > > On Feb 8, 2008 2:09 PM, David Jencks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 3a is implemented in 2.1 > > > Is there an admin console page for this already implemented? > > > yes, the bottom of the plugin page. Also there's a gshell command for it >
"Assemble a server" option looks too hidden under other features :( . A portlet on it's own would have better grabbed the attention of users towards it. We must at least highlight it now in our documentation. -- Thanks, Shiva > david jencks > > > > > > > > Despite my liking for xmlbeans and its unique strengths I think a very > > strong argument can be made for moving the deployer code to jaxb. > > > Interesting!! Let me do some quick learning of jaxb and start a separate > thread on this. > > > > > > thanks > > david jencks > > > > On Feb 8, 2008, at 12:30 AM, Shiva Kumar H R wrote: > > > > I can immediately remember 3 prior discussions in reference to this: > > i) "[DISCUSS/FEEDBACK] Usability improvements to Geronimo" mail from > > Prasad in Nov'07 > > http://www.mail-archive.com/dev@geronimo.apache.org/msg53236.html > > ii) "[Discuss] What next?" mail from DJencks in Aug'07 > > http://www.mail-archive.com/dev@geronimo.apache.org/msg50660.html > > iii) "[DISCUSS] Geronimo 2.1 - what's next?" mail from Matt in > > Jul'07 http://www.mail-archive.com/dev@geronimo.apache.org/msg48173.html > > > > Alright, here is my wish list - features that I would love to see > > getting into Geronimo in 2008: > > 1) Deployment Environment: > > a) Plan Creator wizards (in Admin Console & in Geronimo Eclipse > > Plugin) for geronimo-application.xml and *many* other Geronimo > > deployment plans. > > b) Geronimo specific annotations: To further simplify the > > specification of Geronimo deployment information, right at development time. > > > > 2) Geronimo Eclipse Plug-in (GEP): > > a) Model framework for Geronimo deployment plans: > > Currently it is EMF (Eclipse Modeling Framework). With every update to > > Geronimo deployment schema, it's a major pain to generate new EMF classes. > > If however, GEP uses the same model framework as that of Geronimo server > > (XMLBeans), then at least this problem would be solved. IIUC JSR-88 > > DConfigBeans would be the ideal model framework for GEP - in that case even > > if the model framework of server changes in future, GEP would be unaffected. > > b) Critical bug fixes > > c) Make "Download and Install" option more intuitive > > d) Customize Web Services Wizard: > > The default implementation of WTP's web services wizard embeds an Axis > > engine inside a web-app and then deploys it in a web server such as Tomcat. > > However this isn't the right approach for Geronimo as it already has a > > global web services engine deployed. Hence web services wizard's behavior > > must be customized when deploying onto Geronimo. > > e) Better Remote server support > > f) Testsuite Automation > > g) Integrating JavaEE Samples. > > > > 3) Admin Console Tools: > > a) Server Build Tool: For instance, a "button" to push that spits > > out a server with just what is needed for a set of apps and nothing else. > > http://www.mail-archive.com/dev@geronimo.apache.org/msg54849.html > > b) Cluster Admin Tools: Geronimo has a lot of partial clustering > > solutions. For instance there's WADI, native tomcat clustering, a terracotta > > integration, and many others. A cluster admin tool would be of great help in > > the setting-up and fine-tuning of those clustering solutions. > > > > I am stuck in 1) a) Plan Creator work for the past year or so and it is > > still not complete! So if I alone work on many of those features, God alone > > knows when I will complete them. Any takers/collaborators? > > > > On Feb 7, 2008 8:28 PM, Vamsavardhana Reddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > Geronimo had a great year 2007. I don't need to re-list all our > > > achievements listed in Matt's mail from 31st Dec 2007 ( > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/dev@geronimo.apache.org/msg54994.html). > > > Now that 2.1 is also rolling out, I think it is time we start > > > discussing what we want to do in Geronimo in year 2008. Let us also > > > discuss > > > what we "must" do to make Geronimo an application server of choice. I > > > would > > > like all of us to use this mail thread to put forth our thoughts (and any > > > action items some of us may have already come up with silently) so that > > > the > > > community can see what great heights Geronimo will scale in 2008. > > > > > > Thank you. > > > > > > ++Vamsi > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Thanks, > > Shiva > > > > > > > > > -- > Thanks, > Shiva > > >
